WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced a final rule that codifies discrimination against transgender people. The rule implements the widespread use of body-scan technology which requires a TSA agent to choose a pink or blue button based on the perceived gender of the person traveling through U.S. airports. Transgender people,…
View More: Travel News|Live News|More News Videos A new directive by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued last week means the provision to opt-out of full body scanners is no longer a guarantee when going through security screening at airports in the U.S. The Advocate reports that at the discretion of TSA agents, some transgender…
When Shadi Petosky entered into TSA screening to take to the air at Orlando International Airport Sept. 21, she did so with the presumption she had a terrorist body – whether she knew it or not. She may have never been singled out in exactly that way before, or talked to in the way she…
Monday, Shadi Petosky, a transgender woman, was detained unexpectedly at Orlando airport by TSA officials. Petosky live tweeted her experience where she reported she was publicly humiliated and repeatedly questioned about her gender identity after clearly stating that she is a transgender woman in an encounter lasting for more than 40 minutes. As reported by Vox, she…
